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Four men accused of being part of an elaborate human smuggling ring were sentenced in federal court Wednesday for their roles in providing fraudulent travel documents to illegal immigrants.
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Troops detained 11 people believed to work for the Zetas drug gang in Tamaulipas, according to authorities.
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UISD officials are not anticipating the district facing more federal sanctions next school year because of special education students’ increased success on the 2010 state test.
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PHOENIX — A federal judge stepped into the fight over Arizona’s immigration law at the last minute Wednesday, blocking the heart of the measure and defusing a confrontation between police and thousands of activists that had been building for months.
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated Laredo lawyer Marina Garcia Marmolejo to be a federal judge in the U.S. Southern Judicial District of Texas.
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Guerra Communications, in collaboration with County Judge Danny Valdez, announced the kickoff of their 11th annual Supply Our Students concert and school supplies drive Wednesday.
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LISD trustees are slated to hold their sixth and final 2010-11 budget workshop today.
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NUEVO LAREDO — Two men standing on a street corner in Colonia Victoria were injured in a drive-by shooting Wednesday morning, but few details were available.
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Four convicted felons were arrested early Wednesday after a 911 caller reported that a man was outside the caller’s residence with a gun.
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ASSAULT Roberto Ramos, 48, was arrested around 2:02 a.m. Wednesday in the 1000 block of West Calton Road and charged with assault-family violence and resisting arrest. Ramos was transported to Laredo Police Department for booking. Later, he was remanded to the Webb County Jail, where no bond was set.